EAN: 9781433110368

JUSTICE AS EQUALITY - ANNA KASAFI PERKINS GEBUNDEN

Justice as Equality makes a unique contribution to the philosophical and intellectual tradition
of the English-speaking Caribbean by exploring the theory of justice underpinning the life 
work  and writings of former Prime Minister of Jamaica and renowned Third World Statesman the
late Michael Manley (1924-1997). Manley's singular Caribbean vision of justice was forged in a
post-colonial context that he described as being too radically disfigured by inequalities to be
improved by «mere tinkering». This book posits that equality has become unfashionable in social
analysis and contemporary politics  in part due to the increased significance of values such as
identity  diversity  and difference  in tandem with a misunderstanding of the concept of
equality. It argues for a reclaiming of a multi-faceted and complex way of understanding
equality in light of Manley's thought. Through an engagement with the norms of justice
developed within the Catholic social teaching tradition  this book examines  clarifies  and
deepens Manley's Caribbean account of «justice as equality». Manley's theory is a deeply
relational theory one of justice and equality that roots fundamental human equality in the
relationship to divine transcendence. It calls for the dismantling of all relationships of
oppression and domination that result when the fundamental equality of all human beings is
disregarded. It takes account of the multiple dimensions of the human person  and calls a
society 'just' when it allows for the flourishing of every member  specifically through full
participation in the life of the society.

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